Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio and Humanistic Studies

Maryland Institute College of Art

Our Studio and Humanistic Studies major has been carefully crafted to help you create a conceptual and critical framework for inquiry into art and design. This integrated major fully combines in-depth coursework in academics and studio to prepare practicing artists who will contribute to our culture as creators and thinkers.Under the guidance of an impressive faculty of scholar-teachers, you gain first-rate liberal arts education and build a depth of understanding in such areas as philosophy and ethics or social sciences and political history, while pursuing advanced artistic investigations in a studio major.In four years, you will complete all requirements for a B.F.A. in a studio discipline simultaneously with a challenging liberal arts major in Humanistic Studies, allowing you to begin graduate study a year earlier than 5-year B.A./B.F.A. programs.Through electives, you can personalize your major, build a wealth of knowledge in subjects that will complement your artmaking.If you are interested in illustration, you may focus on creative writing, or a painter might focus on philosophy. And if your studio component is photography, you might focus your liberal arts study on social and political history. The possibilities are almost endless.

Maryland Institute College of Art